06.15.22 -- Overcoming Multiple Challenges In Flavor Production

In today’s diverse food and beverage market, consumers are looking for “better for you” products but don’t want to compromise on taste or quality. The flavor industry, driven by this consumer demand, is tilting toward everything natural and organic. With a market expected to reach $36.6 billion by 2024, understanding the top four flavor trends and growth drivers becomes mission-critical to your success.

The goal of flavor filtration is to achieve better clarity, microbial reduction, and protection of downstream equipment. While all separation equipment must be as selective, quality friendly, and flexible as possible to reliably separate the different sources of turbidity, it is important that these processes don’t negatively influence or reduce quality-relevant substances.

Essential oils extracted from oranges, lemons, limes, tangerines, grapefruit, and other citrus fruits are important raw materials for multiple uses of growing commercial importance. In a highly competitive market, flavor manufacturers face a variety of challenges in the processing of citrus fruits. Having garnered a significant amount of popularity with consumers in recent years, it’s more important than ever to use effective technology throughout the process.

As the flavor industry continues to grow, flavor houses must adjust to rising consumer demand for innovative, high-quality flavors while meeting requirements for product clarity and purity. Learn how a major flavor manufacturer implemented a one step, single-pass filtration solution to address the diverse requirements and challenges of their many products.